Wardrobe-trunk.



S. H. LESNIKOWSKI. WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1914.

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WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed June 20, 1914. Serial No. 846,339.

7 '0 all whom it may concern: 1

KOWSKI, a subject of the Czar of Russia,.residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wardrobe trunks.

An object of the present invention is to provide in a single device a combined wardrobe and trunk which may be used as a trunk while traveling, and be easily and quickly set up to a wardrobe position when it is desired that the clothes be suspended from the upper wall.

A further object of the invention is to, provide a combined wardrobe trunk formed of a plurality of telescoping sections which may be easily and quickly distended to assume the position of a wardrobe and be effectively retained in such position while the device may be as easily collapsed to present a trunk construction with the usual hinged cover.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk of three sections arranged in vertical alinement, the middle section telescoping within the lower section while the front, rear and end walls of the upper section are adapted to be folded into the top wall of the upper section when the device is in position as a trunk, there being provided at each of the four corners of the device, telescoping members in the form of rods and tubes which are positively held in either of their extended or telescoped positions.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be herein after more fully described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and wherein like designating numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in position as a wardrobe. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device in position as a trunk. Fig. 3 is an inverted perspective view of the upper section of the device removed. Fig. 4 is a view showing in perspective the several telescoping-tube and rodsections.

' Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View of the hinge Be it known that I, SZYMON H. LESNI- joint formed by the telescoping rod when the device is in position as a trunk, with the trunk cover partially open. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a portion. of the lower section. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the bottomless middle section. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the device in position as a wardrobe. Fig. 9 is a side elevational view partly in section of the end wall of the middle section, showing in side elevation the mechanism for holding the parts in either distended or collapsed position, and, Fig. 10 is a side elevational view partly in section of the device positioned as a trunk, showing the middle section tele- I scoped within the lower section and the side and end walls of the upper section folded into the cover wall.

Briefly described, the invention embodies in a single device a convertible wardrobe andtrunk and consists preferably of three sections arranged in vertical alinement, the middle section adapted to telescope within the lower section while the front, rear and end walls of the upper section are adapted to be folded into the cover of the upper section, as shown in Fig. 5, when the device is collapsed, the said cover to be supported on the middle and lower sections. The device is preferably rectangular in plan View with a telescoping rod or tube at each corner of the sections with means operating in connection with the rods and tubes and carried by the end walls of the several sections to hold the same in either of the distended or collapsed positions.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, the reference letter A designates in general the lower section, B the middle section, C the upper section, and D the cover for the upper section. The lower section A is of box-like construction similar in form to a trunk and comprises in detail the bottom wall 10, the front and rear walls 11 and end walls 12, the lower section A being supported on suitable roller casters 13. False doors 14 are provided in connection with the front wall of the lower section, which front wall constitutes the front wall of the trunk when the device is in use as such, and when in use as a wardrobe, the front wall of the lower section is of course always closed. The several sections are preferably rectangular in plan view and at each corner of the bottom section on the inner face, the same is provided with a verti- Cally-disposed slot and received in each of the slots at each corner is the tubular member 15 as shown in detail in Fig. 1, this tubular member 15 being Provided with a slot 16 extending substantially the whole length I of the tube. An opening 17 is formed adjacent the upper end of each of the tubes 15 for purposes to be later described.

The middle section B is formed of the rear wall 18 and end walls 19, with the front'wall constituting a double door 18, the free edges of which meet in the middle of the section. This section is bottomless as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 and is rectangular in plan View, the length and width of which is slightly less than the bottom section A. so that the same may telescope into the bottom section. Secured to each corner of the section B at the upper edge by the single strap 20 and at the lower edge by the V-shaped strap 21 which embraces the side and end walls of the section is'a tubular member 22 provided with an opening 23 adjacent each end thereof. Each corner of the section B is provided with one of these tubular members 22, which tubular members are adapted to telescope within the tubular members 15 carried by the four corners of the bottom section A, the tube sections 22 being limited in their upward movement by the V-shaped strap 21 engaging the closed upper end of the slot 16 but permitting a free vertical movement of the said tube 22 within the slotted tube 15.

The upper section 0 comprises side and end walls hinged to the cover D, the rear Wall being indicated 24, the end walls 25, and the front wall comprising the double door sections 26. These doors 2.6 are hinged to the upper section C in vertical alinement with the hinge joint for the doors 18 carried by the middle section, with the meeting edges of the double doors also being in vertical alinement. In the folded or collapsed condition of the upper section C when the device is used as a trunk as shown in Fig. 2, the rear wall 24 is first swung inwardly on its hinge connection with the cover D, after which the end walls 25 are moved inwardly 'and the door sections 26 folded on to the end walls 25, the several parts being held in their folded position by fastening means, such as straps 27. The upper inner face of the cover D is provided with parallel strips 28 which carry a conventional form of clothes hanger 29, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. In order to hold the upper section C and cover D in extended position as shown in Fig. 1, and also to permit the cover carrying the folded side, end and door sections as shown in Fig. an) hinge to the middle section, I provide the form of telescoping rods disclosed in Fig. 4 and designated 30 and 31, the rod 30 being provided with an opening 32 adjacent its lower end while the rod 31 is provided with similar openings 33 adjacent each end. The rod 30 is provided with a hinged extension 31 adapted to be received and retained in sockets 35 formed in the corners of the cover section 1), two of the rod sections 30 being employed and constituting the hinge member by which the cover section D is pivoted, while the other side of the cover section D is supported on a pair of tubes 31, the rods 30 and tubes 31 being received and telescoping in the tube sections 22 at each corner of the middle section D.

Means are provided to hold the several sections in either wardrobe position as shown in Fig. 1 or in trunk position as shown in Fig. 2, such means being carried by the end walls of the bottom, middle and upper section and comprises in detail, in forming in the said end walls a recess 36 having an extension opening 37 for the reception of a pin 38 normally spring-pressed outwardly as at 39 and passing through the upper edge of the end sections as at 10. Pivotally mounted as at 4:1 in the recess 36 is a pair of opposing links 42, these links having a pin and slot connection at their lower ends as at 13 with the pin 38 and having connected to the outer ends thereof as at it, the horizontally-disposed sliding bolts 45 projecting laterally of the end walls. The projecting ends of the bolts 4-5 are adapted to be received in selective openings 17, 23, 32, and to hold the several sections in wardrobe position as shown in Fig. 1 or in trunk position as shown in Fig. 2.

In the position shown in Fig. 1, the several sections have been extended with the projecting bolts 15 of the locking mechanism carried by each section passed through the openings in the tube and rod sections 15, 22, 30, and 31, which will hold the sections in locked extended condition for use as a wardrobe. Any suitable means could be provided to enable the door sections 26 and 18. of the middle and uppersections to move in unison, although the same may be easily independently operated. In this position, the side and end walls of the upper section 0 have been unfolded from the cover D which will present for use the hooks 29 carried by the inner wall of the cover D.

To cause the several sections to assume.

boththe middle and lower sections constituting a support for the cover D. The device as now presented, is in trunk form, and the cover D is permitted to swing on the hinged extensions 34 of the rods 30 when the push button 4L0of the upper section releases the sliding bolt 45 from the opening 33 in the upper end of the upper tube section 31. It will be seen that the cover C is pivoted to the device in a manner similar to a trunk, the lock for the cover being the sliding bolt disposed in the end walls of the upper section, although any other conventional form of locking means may be employed.

While the drawings show the preferred embodiments of the invention, I do not wish to be confined to the exact details of construction, various forms, modifications and arrangement of the parts as shown may be had without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

WVhat I claim as new is 1. A wardrobe trunk comprising a plurality of sections, the section adjacent the bottom adapted to telescope within the same, the side and end walls of the upper section adapted to be folded and be supported on the two lower sections, and cooperating means carried by each section arranged to hold the trunk in either distended or telescopic condition. y

2. In a wardrobe trunk, a lower section, a middle section and an upper section, a cover carried by the upper section, the side and end walls of the upper section adapted to be folded into the cover, means for holding the same in folded position, telescopic members carried by the corners of the several sections, and means associated with said telescopic members adapted to hold the trunk in either distended or telescopic condition.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, a plurality of sections, each section comprising side and end walls, telescoping members carried by'the corners of each section, and spring-pressed sliding bolts carried by the end walls of each section and adapted -to engage the having strap connections with each corner of the middle section and adapted to telescope within the tubular members in the lower section, tubular members carried by the upper section and telescoping within the tubular members carried by the middle section, two of the tubular members carried by the upper section having a hinged connec' tion with the cover whereby the same may be pivotally-mounted.

6. In a wardrobe trunk, a plurality of sections, telescopic guides carried by the corners of each section, spring-controlled looking bolts carried by the end walls of each section arranged to engage the telescopic guides to hold the sections in either distended or telescopic condition, and means for releasing said bolts from the guides to raise and lower the sections.

7. In a wardrobe trunk, a lower section, a middle section, an upper section, and a cover, telescopic guides between the sections, two of the guides carried by the upper section having a hinge joint adjacent the cover, means for holding the sections in either distended or telescopic condition, and means for releasing the front edge of the cover to permit the same to swing on the rear hinged telescoping members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SZYMON H. LESNIKOWSKI.

Witnesses:

JonN VVIERZBICKI, JOHN NUSZKOWSKI.

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